Holiday

A 5-post collection

Well, last year we did the western isles because we had pretty much stretched as far as we could for a two week holiday. Jen wanted to do another big trip, and Robert was keen to take the boat over Sweden - so plans were made. Unfortunately, we didn't quite »

Ever since our first sailing holiday to Ireland, our plans have become grander ever year. We've sailed a the full length of the UK, stretched as far north as we go, and gone as far west. We've always promised to go on a nice 'easy' trip around the western isles »

The Channel Isles holiday is/was somewhat of a big deal for me. I've been an active sailor for seven years, covered thousands of miles, participated in several annual sailing holidays and seen my fair share of nasty weather. However, this year marked my biggest challenge - to act as »

This year, our annual big sailing holiday was to the Channel Isles. After destinations such as Orkney in 2005 and Iceland last year - well, I didn't think it would be too big a job. After all, the crew have had plenty experience of watches, night sailing, strong weather. Little »

First of all, we got the crew together - who had mostly not met each other before! Thankfully, we were mostly all from Edinburgh, apart from Stan, who we picked up from the airport on our way through to the west coast. 28/06/03: The plan for the first »